Daring Greatly sure was a surprise hit for me. First of all, if you don’t know Brené Brown , she’s a social worker, researcher, PhD and explorer of all things human, especially topics, or rather feelings, like courage, vulnerability and shame. Her TED talk  sits smack behind Simon Sinek’s Start With Why  on the top TED talks of all time list with 25 million views.

This book, one of her three New York Times bestsellers, explains how vulnerability is at the core of all feelings – not just bad ones like fear, anxiety and shame, but also good ones like love, joy, and passion.

She says that we could all use a little more vulnerability in our lives, because it’s neither bad nor good. It just is, and embracing it means being courageous.